Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Hello
lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Emelle Gamble and her new
book, “The Second Man”! For other stops
on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above.

Be sure
to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $25 Amazon or Barnes &
Noble Gift Card. Also, come back daily
to interact with Emelle and to increase your chances of winning!

Thanks
for stopping by! Wishing you lots of
luck in this exciting giveaway!

The Second Man

by Emelle Gamble

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GENRE:
Romantic Suspense

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BLURB:

Jill Farrell’s college reunion is coming up, but she wants no part of
it. The man she once loved, Swedish exchange student Max Kallstrom, is rumored
to be attending, but that doesn’t tempt her as Max disappeared from her life
the night before the graduation, and has never been heard from since.

When her ex-husband, Andrew Denton, knocks on her door and announces he
wants to make nice, and, “oh, by the way, one of their class alumni might be a
murderer”, Jill’s resolve to avoid the event hardens.

Jill shuts Andrew’s efforts to reconnect down, and tries to put Max out
of her mind.

And that’s that, until a second man knocks on her door, and the emotions
of a time long ago overtakes her. Max Kallstrom tells Jill she’s the reason he
has come to California. He asks her to please let him explain why she hasn’t
heard from him for fifteen long years.

She’s willing to listen to what he has to say, but immediately realizes
that her memories must guide her through a wrenching and dangerous few days.
While her heart remembers a handsome young lover, she and her classmates are
all different people now, and the reality of a murdered friend proves she can’t
trust everyone.

What’s not so clear is if she should trust anyone . . . especially Max
Kallstrom.

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EXCERPT THREE:

Was
that a noise in the garage?

The
sound of muted rustling did not fit the normal night sounds. She took a step
closer to the garage exit opposite the front door. Slowly she leaned forward to
listen, but all was quiet.

Tell
me I didn’t forget to close the garage again. She visualized coming in from
errands earlier, but could not remember if she had hit the button before she stepped
inside.

She
set her laptop and paperwork on the kitchen table, turned on the teakettle, and
headed resolutely back to the foyer. I’ll open it a crack, confirm everything
is closed properly, and then sit down and get to work.

She
turned the knob and pushed the door open, and flipped the light switch. Her car
was parked, and the garage was closed. But there was a cardboard box sitting on
car’s passenger side trunk.

The
top was open and several books were piled next to it.

“What
the devil?” She stepped down onto the concrete and headed for the box.

“Hello,
Jill,” the killer said.

She
yelped and grabbed her throat.

A
man rose from the crouch he was in beside the washing machine. He grabbed Jill
with one hand, and aimed a gun at her head with his other. “Stand still and be
quiet. I won’t hurt you unless you scream.”

Shock
and bitter anger nearly brought her to her knees as she registered who he was,
and what a massive betrayal he had pulled off. Furious, she slapped at the gun
and twisted out of the man’s grasp, and turned to run.

Before
she completely filled her lungs with air to scream, his pistol cracked against
her skull and knocked her to her knees.

There
was black, and then nothing.

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REVIEW:

Wow! I am a total crime solver and it is very rare
when I incorrectly guess the killer and this book is one of those few times
that left me stumped and shocked all the way through the last page! I hate to admit that; especially since I
pride myself on being such a crime solver lol – but this book definitely kept
me guessing!

After
hosting Emelle on the blog earlier this month and reading her guest post about
the one that got away – I knew this was a must read book and I couldn't wait to check it out!

This
book is about the main character, Jill Farrell who is dealing with some major
life ups and downs – everything from her mother suffering from Alzheimer’s and
getting her comfortable into a nursing home, to having her best friend, Carly
talk her into attending their college reunion, to running into her college
crush – the guy who got away – and then add in drama, love, oh and murder!

There
is so much more to this simple romantic, mystery read! I really liked the characters as they are
relatable and complex. Jill is easy to
love and if you’re like me you will definitely find yourself rooting for her
and her happiness.

The
pace of the book is steady, but full of excitement and suspense. This book is well written with lots of detail,
well thought out and constructive plots, filled with twists and unexpected
turns! This book will keep you guessing to
the very last page and wanting more!

I
would absolutely recommend this book to anyone interested in reading an
exciting, suspenseful, edgy, and romantic book filled with love, murder, mystery,
plot twists, second chances, and so much more!

**Disclaimer:
I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest
review.**

Emelle
Gamble became a writer at an early age. At six years old, she was bursting with
the requisite childhood stories of introspection, and this itch to tell tales
evolved into bad teen poetry and tortured short works that, thankfully, never
saw the light of day, or an editor’s red pen.

She
took her first stab at writing a novel in an adult education class in Mobile,
Alabama when her kids were in bed for the night. As ‘M.L. Gamble,’ she
published several romantic suspense novels with Harlequin Intrigue. She now
publishes novels of Ordinary Women in Extraordinary Situations with
SoulMate Publishing and Posh Publishing…works ranging from
women’s fiction to thrillers and romantic suspense.

Always
intrigued by the words ‘what if’, Gamble’s books feature an ordinary woman
confronted with an extraordinarysituation. Emelle celebrates the
adventurous spirit of readers, and hopes each will enjoy the exciting and
surprising journeys her characters take.

Emelle
lives in suburban Washington D.C. with her hero of thirty years, Philip, and
two orange cats, Lucy and Bella. Like all good villains, the cats claim to have
their reasons for misbehaving. Her children are happily launched on their own
and are both contributing great things to society, their mother’s fondest wish.

Emelle
welcomes any reader interested in emailing her at emellegamble@aol.com and
hopes they will visit her website, www.EmelleGamble.com or her Author Emelle
Gamble FaceBook page.

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Hi
lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Sally J. Smith and Jean
Steffens and their new book, “Mystic Mistletoe Murder!” For other stops on their Goddess Fish
Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images on
this post.

Be sure to
make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $25 Amazon or Barnes &
Noble Gift Card. Also, come back daily
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This book
is on sale during the book tour for ONLY $0.99!!! See below for more details.

Thanks for
stopping by! Wishing you lots of luck in
this exciting giveaway!

Mystic
Mistletoe Murder

by Sally J. Smith & Jean Steffens

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GENRE: Mystery

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BLURB:

'Tis
the season at The Mansion on Mystic Isle, and Melanie Hamilton, resident tattoo
artist at the resort renown for its supernatural atmosphere, can feel the
holiday spirit everywhere in the Louisiana bayou. The festive mood runs deeper
than just the tinsel, mistletoe, and twinkling lights, as the milk of human
kindness is flowing with gift giving, good cheer, and donations. But when Papa
Noël turns up as dead as the Ghost of Christmas Past, and all the bounty from a
recent charity drive is stolen, Melanie turns to Jack Stockton, the handsome
resort's general manager, to help her find the killer and get it all back.

Who
wanted Papa Noël dead and why? Was it the bag of loot they were after, and Papa
just got in the way? Or was it a more personal attack on the jolly man in the
red suit? Not only does Mel find herself in a fight to prove one of her
co-workers innocent, but she's also in a race against a ticking clock to save
the life of a sick child. Before long, she closes in on the killer—or maybe
it's the killer closing in on Mel!

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EXCERPT ONE:

Poor
Jack ran frantically from place to place, picking up the robes off the ground
and pleading with the Ravens to take them from him and put them on. His frantic
voice carried up the hill on the chill breeze. "Please, please, people.
This just isn't…isn't…what management had in mind when we encouraged you to
celebrate the holidays in your own way."

It
only took another minute or two for the rest of them to get naked. Poor Jack
finally gave up, opened his arms, let all the robes fall back to the yellowed
grass, and turned around. That was when he noticed me. He lifted his arms in a
what-the-heck-can-I-do gesture and began to trudge back up the hill.

When
he joined me, he put one arm around my shoulder and placed his other hand over
my eyes, blocking the view, which had begun to get a little out of hand with
all the mistletoe being passed around.

"I'm
hoping they'll get cold pretty soon and give it up," he said.

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AUTHOR BIOS:

The
USA Today Best-selling writing team of Sally J. Smith (right brain) and Jean
Steffens (left brain) make up equal halves of one totally functional writer’s
mind. Creative and intuitive and organized and systematic? What could be better
than that?

The
two desert dwellers work together side-by-side, literally finishing each
other’s sentences, putting together their novels faster and more efficiently than
they ever could individually.

When
their heads aren’t together over a manuscript, you’ll find them with their
families, at a movie, the yoga studio, the mall, or out-to-lunch—in the food
sense, not the spaced-out sense, well…most of the time. Their current series
include Jordan Welsh & Eddie Marino Novels, Mystic Isle Mysteries, Danger
Cove Pet Sitter Mysteries, Aloha Lagoon Gabby LeClair Mysteries, and Digby
Sloan Mysteries. Visit our website, look around, and sign up for our
newsletter. We love hearing from our readers and always answer our e-mails –
see below for links.

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solely responsible for the giveaway prize.

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Hi
lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host M.D. Presley and his new
book, “The Woven Ring”! For other stops
on his Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above.

Be sure to
make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $10 Amazon or Barnes &
Noble Gift Card. Also, come back daily to
interact with M.D. and to increase your chances of winning!

Thanks for
stopping by! Wishing you lots of luck in
this exciting giveaway!

THE WOVEN RING

by M. D. Presley

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GENRE: Fantasy

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BLURB:

A
fantasy reimagining of the American Civil War that pits muskets against magic,
massive war machines against mind readers, and glass sabers against soldiers in
psychic exoskeletons.

In exile since the civil war, former spy and
turncoat Marta Childress wants to quietly live out her remaining days in the
West. But then her manipulative brother arrives with one final mission:
Transport the daughter of a hated inventor deep into the East. Forced to decide
between safely delivering the girl and assassinating the inventor, Marta is
torn between ensuring peace or sparking a second civil war.

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EXCERPT ONE:

To her surprise Carmichael blinked uncomprehendingly at the name. It had
been rattling around Marta’s head like a Breath in a bottle for the last three
months, but to him it seemed meaningless. Then the corners of his mouth curled
up, Carmichael finally remembering.

“This is about our older sister? I forgot about her entirely.”

His dismissal of her months of misery infuriated Marta all the more, the
girl fighting harder against his grip. Her helplessness stoked her anger
further, fanning it into blazing rage.

And with the rage came clarity, Marta suddenly aware of each Breath
within her body. There were the usual three all humans were born with, one in
the center of the chest to representing the Body, the second in the middle of
the forehead for the Mind, and the third at the crown of the head signifying
the Soul. But in that moment of clarity, Marta could feel a fourth Breath
nestled deep in her chest next to the Body. Were she not so angry, she might
have been surprised to find it, to feel it thrumming with its own frequency. It
had a resonance, a musical identity all its own that only she could hear.

So she inhaled, filling that Breath with both her air and anger.

The fourth Breath stirred, summoned by Marta’s will and obeying on her
exhale. Though its base remained firmly in her chest, she felt it elongate as
it stretched through her throat and out towards her mouth. The appendage was
entirely new to her, but it felt natural as she experienced each sensation
through this fresh limb: the light scrape as it edged over her teeth, the
sudden coolness of the air outside her body; the crunch of her brother’s bones
as it collided with his nose.

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AUTHOR BIO & LINKS:

Never passing up the opportunity to speak about himself in the
third person, M.D. Presley is not nearly as clever as he thinks he is. Born and
raised in Texas, he spent several years on the East Coast and now waits for the
West Coast to shake him loose. His favorite words include defenestrate,
callipygian, and Algonquin. The fact that monosyllabic is such a long word
keeps him up at night.

His blogs and short stories can be found at his cleverly titled
website: mdpresley.com

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Brunette is a registered host of Goddess Fish Promotions. Prizes are given away by the sponsors and not
Fabulous and Brunette. The featured author and Goddess Fish Promotions are
solely responsible for the giveaway prize.

Hello lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to
host Rowan Bishop and her new book, “Rebellion”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish
Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above.

Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter
to win a $20 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card. Also, come back daily to interact with Rowan
and to increase your chances of winning!

This book is on sale during the book tour for ONLY $0.99!! See below for details.

Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you lots of luck in this exciting
giveaway!

Rebellion

by Rowan Bishop

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GENRE: Science Fiction Romance

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BLURB:

Akyra Roux is an
up-and-coming Security Operations commander: ambitious, dedicated, and
fearless. Her soldiers have a reputation for getting the job done and cracking
skulls, earning her a perilous mission to the far fringes of the galaxy.

As soon as she
lands, however, Akyra learns the hard way that rival factions have a lot to
gain by seeing her fail, no matter what the cost…

Captain Raemus
Petrus is the hunky, charismatic leader of the genetically-engineered Titans
stationed at the outpost. He has a job to do and battles to fight, and he
doesn’t let anything get in his way. However, when Akyra and her team of
hot-blooded females land on the planet, his need to protect her and his duty to
betray her collide…

Can Raemus,
engineered to be ruthless, prove he has enough humanity buried inside his heart
to salvage his honor, save Akyra, and ultimately prove his ability to love?

Can Akyra,
running from her past, learn to lose control of the one thing holding her back,
her own heart?

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EXCERPT THREE:

“You’d
give all this up?” Raemus pointed to the cluttered mess of the vehicle maintenance
shed they’d been facing the whole time, “for a family?”

Akyra
shrugged. “Family isn’t an option anymore.” She rubbed the birth control bolt
deep in the skin of her shoulder, the one engineered with a homing beacon that
would bring arrest, conviction, and death if removed from her body. “Being
really good at fighting for The Church is all I got.” She felt pressure behind
her eyes, and her nose began to itch, but she shook it off. “That’s why I’m the
best commander I can be.” Akyra rubbed her hands against the intensifying cold.
“What’s your excuse?”

Raemus
didn’t miss any signs of sadness spreading over Akyra’s body, the slight
slouch, the successive blinks, the three irregular deep breaths. “I’m with
you,” he said. “I get it. When shooting bad guys gets you through the day,
might as well become the best at it.”

She
laughed through the frog in her throat. “Yes. Exactly.”

“Well,
let’s see… I can let you shoot Levi over there if that’ll make you feel any
better.”

She
blurted out a big laugh.

Her
smile! Raemus thought. Rich and honest. So… real.

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GUEST POST:

Why
I love Writing the Titan Romance Series

Theme is the
most important commitment to writing any book. Without theme, even the most
intoxicating, sexy story can leave a reader feeling unfulfilled by the
end—often not even knowing why. Championing important ideas and questions,
often those that define us as humans, is an exciting business. For me, it's the
joy of writing.

My job is to
pick an important question, choose a side, then spend an entire novel
challenging the answer until I know it's correct. The best theme for any
romance novel is Love Conquers All, and it's my absolute favorite. As a human,
I believe love does conquer everything in the end. As a writer, however, my job
is to make love work awfully hard to pull it off.

The entire Titan
Romance series is a grueling test of love's ability to prevail. And that's
going to make for some electrifying, dramatic romance. And what better setting
to test the breadth of love's reach then the entire galaxy throughout which a
future humanity is struggling?

Don't worry.
Love will always conquer all. But it's going to take one heck of a road trip to
prove it.

It's also
requires the right kind of heroes and heroines to shoulder such a task. We're
going to need strong women and big, hunky, confident men. And when I say men, I
really mean genetically-engineered warriors of the future!

Alpha males come
in a great gamut of shapes and sizes. I'm especially attracted to the idea of
alphas as authentic leaders: powerful males who care about their followers, who
listen, who trust others, who inspire with their passion, focus, and
persistence—but who still get what they want.

No surprise, I
find this to be the sexiest combination possible. And if I'm going to spend so
many long hours creating a fictitious man to spend time with, why not make him
tickle me in all the right places?

The leader of
the genetically-engineered Titans, Raemus, knows his followers have chosen him
as their leader. He also knows they won't stick around if he only used the
nip-and-bark style of an alpha-hole.

The Titan
Romance series follows the characters from oppression to freedom, so it'll take
the right kind of alpha to lead everyone there. And since the overarching theme
is Love Conquers All, the right kind of alpha is going to be an authentic
leader.

That said, he's
not going to be squeamish about completely obliterating his enemies. Grrrr...

Finally, I grew
up under the impression that spirituality and sexuality were diametrically
opposed. A lot of us did. Therefore, I wanted to smash them together and see
what happened. But, you know, in the distant future. In the first books of the
series, The Church of Nova Sol is an oppressive theocracy ruling the galaxy, a
religion controlling the galaxy with an iron fist, including people's sexual
functions. But as the rebellion begins, people experience both free
spirituality and free sexuality. And the merger of the two. Frankly, for me
it's a taboo I couldn't resist writing about!

I hope you get a
chance to pick up Rebellion, the first book in the series, and give it a shot.
If the ideas and themes I mentioned speak to you, then it might just be up your
alley!

Lots of love,

Rowan

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AUTHOR BIO:

All her life, Rowan Bishop has thrown herself into both romance
and science fiction every chance she could, so it was destiny that she’d fall
in love with the growing subgenre of science fiction romance.

Consequently, she stepped away from her retail career to focus on
her dream of writing full-time. The new girl on SFR scene, she brings her
electrifying love stories and her naughty fantasies to our galaxy.

**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a
purchase made I may receive a small commission to help support this blog. This does not cost you anything, it just
helps pay for all those awesome giveaways on here.**

This contest is sponsored by a third party. Fabulous and
Brunette is a registered host of Goddess Fish Promotions. Prizes are given away by the sponsors and not
Fabulous and Brunette. The featured author and Goddess Fish Promotions are
solely responsible for the giveaway prize.